cpp

cpp is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from jnPiyush/AgentX. It costs 54 tokens per session (1,631 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A guide to writing modern C++ for native libraries, applications, games, services, and systems software. It focuses on safe ownership, strong types, performance, and maintainable interfaces.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to build or review C++ libraries and applications, modernize pointer-heavy code, design native APIs, and apply current language features responsibly.
Why use it?
It helps reduce memory-management errors and make performance-sensitive C++ code easier to reason about and maintain.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to build or review C++ libraries and applications, modernize pointer-heavy code, design native APIs, and apply current language features responsibly.

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Any agent
npx skills add jnPiyush/AgentX --skill cpp
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jnPiyush/AgentX

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 54 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,631 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
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Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00054 $0.01631
Opus 5.5 $0.00022 $0.00652
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00011 $0.00326
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00163

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 09d3f1f0010c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

cpp scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.github/skills/languages/cpp/SKILL.md · 201 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 201 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

C++ Development

WHEN: Writing or reviewing modern C++ for native libraries, back-end services, desktop apps, game/engine code, or high-performance systems where RAII, value semantics, and type safety matter.

When to Use This Skill

  • Building modern C++ libraries and executables
  • Refactoring legacy pointer-heavy C++ toward safer ownership
  • Designing ABI-conscious native interfaces
  • Applying templates, ranges, spans, and concurrency utilities responsibly
  • Hardening performance-sensitive code without sacrificing maintainability

Decision Tree

C++ Project Decision
+-- New codebase?
|   +-- General application/library? -> C++23 default
|   +-- ABI-constrained or older platform? -> C++20 minimum with explicit constraints
+-- Ownership model?
|   +-- Single owner? -> std::unique_ptr / value types
|   +-- Shared ownership truly required? -> std::shared_ptr sparingly
+-- API design?
|   +-- Read-only view? -> std::string_view / std::span<const T>
|   +-- Mutable buffer view? -> std::span<T>
+-- Error handling?
|   +-- Exceptions allowed? -> throw only across layers that can preserve invariants
|   +-- Exceptions forbidden? -> std::expected or status/result type
+-- Polymorphism?
|   +-- Runtime dispatch needed? -> small abstract interfaces
|   +-- Compile-time composition? -> templates/concepts
-- Concurrency? -> std::jthread, futures, atomics only with clear ownership and cancellation rules

Prerequisites

  • C++23-capable compiler such as GCC 15.2+ or Clang 22.1+
  • CMake 3.30+ or another modern build system with compile-features support
  • Sanitizers and static analysis available in development/CI builds

Table of Contents

  1. Project Structure
  2. Language Standard
  3. Ownership and Lifetime
  4. Interfaces and Value Semantics
  5. Error Handling
  6. Concurrency
  7. Performance
  8. Security
  9. Checklist

Read the full file on GitHub · 201 lines

Changes

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  1. 1mo ago Changed 09d3f1f0010c
  2. 1mo ago First seen · 201 lines · 54 tokens per session scan A 11c7cc81b0c8

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cpp is a skill published in the GitHub repository jnPiyush/AgentX (16 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 54 tokens to every session and 1,631 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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